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001 2014007888
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020 $a9780415856638 (paperback)
020 $z9780203724088 (ebook)
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050 00 $aJZ4972$b.P67 2014
082 00 $a354/.2113$223
084 $aPOL000000$aPOL011000$aPOL021000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aPost-2015 UN development :$bmaking change happen? /$cedited by Stephen Browne and Thomas G Weiss.
264 1 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, NY :$bRoutledge,$c2014.
300 $axx, 264 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aRoutledge global institutions ;$v87
520 $a"Based on extensive original research that has critically examined the role and functions of the organizations of the UN development system, this book seeks to capture in a single volume a comprehensive review of the UN's performance and prospects for development. The contributors each offer extensive experience and familiarity--as practitioners and researchers--with the UN and development; and the book will contribute to the urgently needed debate on the reform of the UN development system at a critical juncture"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $a1 UN roles and principles governing multilateral assistance / Bjorn Skogmo -- Evolution of the UN development system / Craig N. Murphy -- Drivers of change for the UN's future role / Richard O'Brien -- Funding the UN system / Silke Weinlich -- Evaluating the UN development system / Robert Picciotto -- Making the UN more accountable and transparent / Richard Golding -- Aligning UN development efforts and peacebuilding / W. Andy Knight -- The economics of peace : is the UN system up to the challenge? / Graciana del Castillo -- Can peacebuilding drive the UN change agenda? / Michael von der Schulenburg -- The UN and the post-2015 development agenda / David Hulme and Rorden Wilkinson -- "We the Peoples" in the UN development system / Roberto Bissio -- Revisiting UN development : the prospects for reform / Cécile Molinier and Stephen Browne -- Conclusion : Post-2015, making change happen? / Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
610 20 $aUnited Nations Development Group.
650 0 $aEconomic development projects.
610 20 $aUnited Nations$xEconomic assistance.
610 20 $aUnited Nations$xTechnical assistance.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Treaties.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aBrowne, Stephen,$eauthor,$eeditor of compilation.
700 1 $aWeiss, Thomas G.$q(Thomas George),$d1946-$eauthor,$eeditor of compilation.